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an Eskimo
Eskimo 是单数，指一个爱斯基摩人；该词现常被视为冒犯性说法，更推荐用 Inuit。
An Eskimo showed us how to fish through the ice.
一位爱斯基摩人教我们如何在冰上钓鱼。
爱斯基摩人
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
爱斯基摩人
a member of an Arctic indigenous people of northern Canada, Greenland, Alaska, and eastern Siberia; many prefer to be called Inuit.
An Eskimo showed us how to fish through the ice.
一位爱斯基摩人教我们如何在冰上钓鱼。
该词有时被视为冒犯性用语；因纽特人（Inuit）是许多人所偏爱的自称。
美国爱斯基摩犬品种的狗。
A dog of the American Eskimo breed.
居住在北极地区的人(北加拿大、格陵兰、阿拉斯加或东西伯利亚)
a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')
加拿大爱斯基摩犬品种的狗。
A dog of the Canadian Eskimo breed.
爱斯基摩人使用的语言
the language spoken by the Eskimo
My grandfather once met an Eskimo while he was traveling in northern Alaska.
我祖父在阿拉斯加北部旅行时曾遇到一位爱斯基摩人。
The Eskimos have used sled dogs for centuries to travel across the ice.
爱斯基摩人数百年来一直用雪橇犬在冰上穿行。
The teacher asked us to research how Eskimos build their winter homes.
老师让我们研究爱斯基摩人是如何建造冬季住所的。
Eskimo 是单数，指一个爱斯基摩人；该词现常被视为冒犯性说法，更推荐用 Inuit。
An Eskimo showed us how to fish through the ice.
一位爱斯基摩人教我们如何在冰上钓鱼。
零冠词的复数形式泛指整个民族；另一种拼写 Eskimoes 现已罕见。
Eskimos traditionally lived along the Arctic coast.
爱斯基摩人传统上居住在北极海岸。
加 the 则特指某一部分爱斯基摩人，而非泛指全体。
The Eskimos of northern Canada spoke several dialects.
加拿大北部的爱斯基摩人讲几种方言。
Not this
Many Eskimo live in Alaska.
Use this
Many Eskimos live in Alaska.
Eskimo 是可数名词，其复数形式为 Eskimos（也作 Eskimoes）。与 many 连用时必须用复数形式，不能用单数 Eskimo。
Not this
She is an eskimo from Greenland.
Use this
She is an Eskimo from Greenland.
Eskimo 是表示民族的专有名词，英语中这类词首字母必须大写。汉语无大小写之分，学习者容易误写为小写，故需将首字母大写。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
爱斯基摩人
The Eskimo people have lived in the Arctic for thousands of years.
爱斯基摩人在北极生活了数千年。
爱斯基摩文化
Many researchers have studied traditional Eskimo culture.
许多研究人员研究了传统的爱斯基摩文化。
爱斯基摩村庄
They visited a small Eskimo village in Alaska.
他们参观了阿拉斯加的一个小爱斯基摩村庄。
爱斯基摩猎手
The Eskimo hunter built an igloo for the night.
这位爱斯基摩猎手搭了一座冰屋过夜。
爱斯基摩社区
The Eskimo community welcomed the archaeologists warmly.
爱斯基摩社区热情地欢迎了考古学家。
爱斯基摩人有五十个形容雪的词。
A linguistics professor mentioned, 'Eskimos have fifty words for snow,' to explain how culture shapes vocabulary.
一位语言学教授提到“爱斯基摩人有五十个形容雪的词”，以说明文化如何塑造词汇。
Use eskimo naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 es-ki-mo 读成“爱斯基摩”的谐音，联想到住在北极冰雪中的人。
语域：mixed 常见场景：历史文献、民族志叙述、原住民称谓讨论 该词的语体较混杂：多用于历史或民族志叙述，但在当代正式或礼貌表达中通常被视为过时或冒犯，一般更推荐改用 Inuit。实际使用时需结合语境谨慎判断。
该词在一些语境中可能被视为冒犯，现在多使用 Inuit 称呼该族群。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.